Location and transport

Find out about our location and transport details to make getting to school safe and easy.

Our school is located at:

61 Rigney Street
Shoal Bay NSW 2315

Getting to and from school safely

As a parent or carer, it’s your responsibility to get your child to and from school safely. Student safety is our priority.

Keep our school community safe by:

• driving and parking safely, even if it means parking further away and walking the rest of the way to school
• being a good role model
• never calling your child from across the road
• using the safest place to cross the road.

For parents and carers of younger children

Discuss with your child how to be safe when:

• walking
• in the car
• waiting for, travelling on, and getting off the bus
• riding bikes, scooters and skateboards.

Also talk about and practise:

• safe travel routes
• plans for when unexpected things happen
• what to do in wet weather.

Subsidised school travel

Transport for NSW provides subsidies to assist school students.

• The School Student Transport Scheme provides eligible students with free or subsidised travel on public transport between home and school.
• The School Drive Subsidy may help towards the costs of driving children to school if you live in an area where there is no public transport.

Road Safety

Schoal Bay Public School welcomes careful road users. The streets that form the perimeter around the school can become very busy just before and just after school.  Collectively, motor vehicles, bicycles, scooters and pedestrian traffic create a potentially dangerous road area.

We ask that all our road users obey the rules of the road and exercise courtesy and caution at all times.

Drop Off and Pick Up

Driveways and parking

Around our school we have narrow and busy streets. Please ensure you park close to the kerb and avoid parking across residential driveways or double parking. Only park in legitimate on-street parking.

When walking with your child, please scan driveways for vehicles.

Pedestrians

There are two pedestrian access gates into our school. The 'bus gate'  is on Fingal Street and all pedestrians are welcome to use that gate, as well as out bus travellers. The main pedestrian gate in located on Rigney Street.

There is one pedestrian crossing on Rigney street. Always hold your child's hand when crossing. It is recommended practice until 8 years of age. Please supervise your child in the roadside environment until they reach 10 years of age. It is also good to practise to "Stop, Look, Listen and Think" with your child before crossing the road.

Bus zone

There is a designated bus zone on Fingal Street. Please exercise care around buses and don't cross the road with your child in this area.

Staff carparks

These are for the exclusive use of staff only and are accessed from Rigney Street. 

Bicycle and scooter safety

Students are allowed to ride bicycles and scooters to and from school with parental permission.

Students must wear an Australian Standards fitting helmet and dismount from their bicycle or scooter at pedestrian crossings. Students must not ride their bicycle or scooter in school grounds. Scooters and bicycles must be stored in the bicycle racks at the school. Electric bikes and electric scooters are not permitted at school.